small county magistrate

"Drive—drive—"

After passing the Dongyue Gate, it is the main intersection leading to the capital. I drove the car early in the morning, and the coachman exhaled hot air from his mouth, and drove the car vigorously.

The car passed by, leaving long shaft marks on the slightly dry road.

The car curtain was gently lifted by a hand, revealing an excited face, "Is it almost there? Is it almost there?"

"Master, we'll be there soon." The coachman replied. As soon as the car turned a corner and entered the Jingmen, there was a lot of noise oncoming. Although it was still early and the sun was only up, there were already cloth sheds here. There are many street vendors.

"Get out of the car." That happy face couldn't help poking out again, "Excuse me, can you stop here?"

The coachman was taken aback, reined in the horse, and looked back at the bookish old man in a long gown. The latter had a bright smile on his face, "I'll get off here first, okay? You'll pay the fare, you just need to bring Just go to Chihua Street with my servant and luggage, and when I get there, my servant will give you the money."

Who knows how to do business, the coachman stopped the car immediately, the old man jumped out of the car, stepped on the ground, and shook slightly, as if he was about to fall, the servant who came down with him immediately helped him "Master—" Xiao Fu said displeasedly.

"Hehehe, Xiaofu..." I smiled, "Master, I'm so hungry, can I have something to eat here first?" The cold wind blew, I touched my ears, hecked my hands, and immediately threw a dew on my face A fur hat with fur, I quickly grabbed it and put it on, stuffing my ears into the hat.

"Where is the prince? Are you still asleep?" I lowered my voice and asked Xiao Fu quietly.

The hood moved slightly, and a figure was projected on the hood. When the hood was lifted, a boy about 14 years old poked his head out, and the driver couldn't help but marvel.Although the young man's head and face were tightly wrapped in blankets, the aura and natural noble temperament in those angry eyes were no less than that of the master who got out of the car just now.But seeing the young man glaring angrily at the master who just got out of the car, the latter looked slightly embarrassed, "His Royal Highness, hehe, you're awake—"

Prince?The coachman was startled, and the reins fell from his hands. He quickly bent down to pick up the reins, and secretly wondered, this group of people looked unusual at first glance. They didn't ride in fancy cars and BMWs early in the morning, and all of them covered their faces. Come drill his old car.

The man called Prince raised the hood of the car and jumped out of the car. At some point, he was wearing a mink fur coat. The tattered condition of the coat showed how old it was.I just don't know how such a noble person can make himself submit to such a broken car and such a rag.

"His Royal Highness..." I smiled awkwardly.

The young man "hummed", wrapped his coat tightly, shrunk his neck, turned his head away, and stood aside.

The voice came out of his mouth, muffled, with a kind of stubbornness, "Li Fei, don't think you can throw me away just because you sneaked out of the car, be careful I will punish you for the crime of ineffective escort."

"I don't dare..." I touched my pockets and found nothing, so I quickly asked Xiaofu to take out some coins from the purse on the carriage, put them into my bosom, and said to the probing coachman, and the carriage left Abandon these two people and go.

Turning my head and looking at the stubborn boy who was biting his lip from the cold, I sighed, took off the warm hat on my head, and put it on his head, but it didn’t seem right after wearing it several times. Instead, his hair was messed up. It proved that it is not an easy job to serve people with clothes and hats. The prince became impatient, grabbed the hat, and put it on himself.

I giggled, feeling extremely stupid. "Prince, are you still cold?"

"Why isn't it cold?" The young man sneered, "You think your family's ragged jacket can keep out the wind for my palace."

I really don't give face.I sigh.

The prince was speechless for a while, "Where are you going?"

"The place in the market place is so dirty, so chaotic, and so out of fashion, it's not a place for you to go." I took a step forward.

The prince followed a few steps, then suddenly turned his head to look at me, with a sullen tone,

"Li Fei, it's just you, you don't even want to take off your hat to me."

I tightened my clothes, pulled my hands out of the sleeves, and covered my sore ears from the cold.

"Don't pretend you didn't hear me!" The prince's voice became louder, "Li Fei, you are the only one who can ignore me like this. If you are in the palace, there is no need for me After saying a word, they happily ran up to wait on them, asking the cold and warm, there were ice fruits brought from the western borders to warm them up, and warm stones from the South China Sea to pay tribute to the cold..."

I covered my ears that were sore from the cold. At this time in the capital, it is the middle of winter, and the cold weather is really unbearable.

It has already left Dongyue Gate, and this is Zhuhuai Road on the outskirts of the capital. Although it is the fifth watch, there are already a lot of cloth sheds and vendors here.

"It's just you, Li Fei, who can let me sit in this broken car with you, and you will be half-dead. Hmph—" Seeing that I didn't respond, the prince was sullen, and stopped in his tracks.

There were already more pedestrians around him, and a few barbarians in straight-collared shirts and felt hats passed by him. Seeing the prince collide with the pedestrians, I was worried for a moment, so I stretched out my hand and pulled him over.

It was the first time for the little prince to ride in this kind of carriage, he knocked his head or bumped his foot along the way, and he had to rush out of the carriage in less than an hour to vomit, it was really hard for him.I don't know how his delicate body came to Fenzhou from the capital.This is strange.

As soon as I stretched out my hand, I felt the cold wind blowing against my cheeks, and my ears, which had been warmed just now, were stinging from the cold again.I can't help but sigh.

The prince grabbed my hand tightly with his backhand. There is a sea of ​​people here. The prosperity of the capital and the density of the people are all incomparable to my small Fen County.

"Li Fei, Li Fei, you are the only one who can be so favored by this palace..." The prince's voice was muffled.

Being held by someone with one hand, and holding one of his ears with the other, the contrast between hot and cold is even more unbearable.I sighed and lowered my other hand.The prince's hand was slightly warm, coveting a little warmth, I obediently did not break free.

There is a sea of ​​people.It sells breakfast and some groceries here.Bringing the crown prince to such a place, if that person hears about it, I'm afraid he will be punished for some crime.If you want to add a crime, you have no words.Recalling how beautiful it was in the capital, "The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day." Qionghua Banquet, Fenglou Ci, Jiudian Poetry, all in full bloom. When I woke up in the Ming Dynasty, yesterday's dream was still prosperous, But it is already in a remote place, how sad it is, and I feel sad for a moment.

Prince, I have a grudge against you.

It's hard to love, how much sorrow enters my heart.

do you know

You and I have a grudge.

You are in a deep palace, and you serve gourmet delicacy every day. Do you know how many dogs and dogs are under the government, how many unjust prisons and souls, how many families have been ruined, and you know how many families have been destroyed. You only know that your father's order shakes the country and the country. Shocking, who is benefiting?Is it the common people you speak of, or your royal family?

The sun was up, and there was a lot of noise.The prince next to me stood close to me, looking at the prosperous market with a little curiosity in his eyes.Here is the steaming heat of common people's life, copper spoons knock on the edge of the pot, and here is the place where fireworks cannibalize the world, where fried pancakes make a sizzling sound, and smoke mixed with the fragrance of five grains comes out here. It is a place of hawking and yelling, and everything is traded here.

"What is that?" After all, he was young. The prince looked at it for a while, and his melancholy was suddenly diverted by other things. He grabbed my hand and pointed to a small shed over there with the other hand. , a puff of hot air came out, and the small vendor with a belt wrapped around his belt and a weathered face held a big spoon, filled the big pot with bowls of black things, put some offal in it, and it was what the prince said. unknown things.

I turned around and looked at the boy's face.The boy seemed to know that I was looking at him, turned his head and smiled at me, "Li Fei, shall we go and see over there?" He pointed to the place he was curious about just now.

You and I have a grudge, do you know that?

I smiled and took his hand over.I recall yesterday that there was a huge crowd of people, the general who had just arrived in Fenzhou ran wildly, almost bumping into me.

The general on the horse was full of arrogance, but for some reason, he was dumbfounded for a while at the person in front of him.This is Ying Shao.

I gave the vendor a few pennies, and served two bowls of beef vermicelli. It turned out that the offal was shredded beef and chopped green onion that were boiled red with chopped chili.I took a sip, and it was slightly salty, mostly spicy and choked my throat, and a warm feeling came up, which was very comfortable.

The prince drank a bowl with a sigh of relief, his cheeks were flushed, even his nose was a little red, and he looked rather charming.

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that if you eat something unclean again, the dragon will be healthy?" I asked.

The prince knew that I was mocking him for having indigestion after eating barbecue, pretending to be sick and staying in Fenzhou and not coming back, smiling, just after eating a bowl of hot and spicy vermicelli, his eyes were a little watery, but he looked energetic a lot.

"Li Fei, do you still remember that time when I just arrived in Fenzhou, you went to your servant, caught the wrong person, and caught my hand?"

is it?

I recalled the Ying Shao I saw at that time, that kind of elegance and momentum, just like when I first entered the capital.How loyal is that person, working hard for the imperial court, looking at me as a poor man, wandering around in this small county, thinking that I am unappreciated, eager to become friends and recommend for the imperial court, but how do you know that I am Sinners who have rebelled against the imperial court, it is a blessing to have the grace of the sage, and to prolong their lives.How can such a person understand me!

As for the prince, he naturally has his own thoughts, feelings and memories.His cheeks were rosy, and his face was happy, "I didn't recognize you at the time, I was looking for someone to ask the way to the county government office, and I wandered back and forth to the market, but someone grabbed my hand randomly, and turned around. When he came, the man had a bright smile on his face, Li Fei, at that time I thought, if you are such a person, I am really worthy of my impulsive running out."

So there are such things?Why can't I remember.

The small stalls of small vendors cannot accommodate many people, and we have to get up and move when other diners come.The crown prince got up and came out after me, and a few children around me ran over, all of them were roundly dressed, and squeezed towards me like little pompoms. The rich boy, strings of golden paper gold fishes, and all kinds of little people made of wheat straw foil, shouted, "Master, master, buy one."

The prince was really excited, he grabbed a lot of everything, and he had never seen anything for the New Year in the middle of winter.It's a pity that I follow him and pay one by one.

Holding a lot of paper and ceramic things, there are many pedestrians around, and some people bump into their bodies, and they are a little shaky when walking.

There is a lot of people.A few passers-by crowded around the prince, and they were quite ostentatious. I couldn't help but regret bringing him to such a place.After all, if he has an accident, I can't bear it.

"His Royal Highness, it's getting late, let's go back." I pulled him back.

The prince reluctantly said, "When I sneaked out of the capital, I acted like a thief. I hoped to come out earlier, but I didn't find so many interesting things here."

His curious gaze was still circling in front of the booth, I smiled and said, "I'm going back."

The prince is 14 years old. After all, life is different from ordinary people. I think when I was 14 years old...

Just when I was thinking about other things, I felt my sleeves being pulled hard. When I looked up, the prince was pulling his hat over his head, turning up his collar, burying his whole face in the clothes, and pulling me. Just squeeze into places with a lot of people.

"Prince?" I was unprepared for a moment, the things I was holding were jostling with the people next to me, a few velvet bats fell to the ground, and I wanted to bend down to pick them up.

"Don't pick it up, throw it away!" the prince said anxiously, looking flustered.

As soon as the movement was slow, those bats that fell on the ground were immediately trampled to the ground by pedestrians.

I raised my head and looked at him with some doubts, and saw him staring nervously at one place. When I looked up, I saw a man in his thirties, wearing a blue robe, standing with his back, motionless.The passers-by next to him walked past, and those who occasionally bumped into him felt terribly painful.

"Guo Xiu, the guard with the sword in front of the imperial court." I read out his name softly.

The prince was pulling me to turn into a small alley, listening to me, he held my hand stiffly, "You asked him to come here?" There was anger on his handsome face.

I smiled, "His Royal Highness, you really should go back to the palace."

"It was you who informed my father? Didn't you?" The prince angrily said, "Li Fei, you know that I don't want to go back to the palace! You are so free and easy outside, even if you stay for one more day, you can tolerate even one or two days. Shouldn't you be in this palace?"

"There are too many people here. The officials are concerned about the safety of the crown prince. I hope the crown prince will stop playing with his temper." I stopped, and saw the guard Guo turn around, looking over.

"Li Fei——you—" the prince was angry, and when he raised his head, his eyes just collided with those of guard Guo. He turned his head and stared at me fiercely, and simply took my hand and ran away.

I sigh.

Guard Guo, I'm sorry for you...

Seeing that Guo Xiu tried hard to squeeze in, but was hindered by the crowd, she watched us run away angrily.

I was forced to...

After all, I am a young man, pulling me left and right, seeing that the crown prince is dressed so bloatedly, but he slithers left and right in the crowd, and after a while, he throws off his pursuers and stops to breathe.

"Prince, do you know where this is?" I took a breath and asked.

"Ah?!" The crown prince was stunned for a moment, looking around, "I have never been to these places before, so I don't know where it is!"

"Does the prince know our way back?" I sighed softly.

The prince looked confused.

Worth mentioning.I pulled him forward.I am a little familiar with the capital, and if I walk a few more steps, I may see some familiar scenery.

A little boy ran past us excitedly, waving the candied haws in his hand, and shouted cheerfully, "Here we come! We come!"

The crowd around me cheered four times, and everyone rushed to the intersection.Trapped in the crowd, the two couldn't help themselves and walked with the flow of people.

When I got closer, I heard the sound of gongs and drums, and a group of drummers came in front of me. The crowd split into two, and the main road came in the air. The prince tugged at my sleeve, "I heard that there is a temple god meeting during folk festivals. it is this?"

I nodded.

A few drummers walked past us, and a few children followed the group of people. Then there were some divine flags, embroidered with the Penglai Fairy Trail, auspicious animals, and red and golden banners on the bottom. Tassels look very delicate and beautiful.

Just as he was looking carefully, he heard the sound of gongs and drums that had just passed in front of him stop suddenly, and the team of the Temple God Association also stopped, and there seemed to be some commotion ahead.

The prince pulled me and went to the front to have a look.

All the god banners were put down, and the pillars were on the ground. Next to each god banner, there were two people carrying a god statue. Now these god statues were also put on the ground. In the front where the crowd was noisy, one side read " The divine banner enshrining "Loyalty, Benevolence, Benevolence, Courage and Subduing Demons Guan Sheng Da Di" was broken in two, and the statue of Guan Sheng Da Di next to him was smashed, leaving half of his body sitting on the ground.

"What's the matter?" I was about to ask the people next to me, but I heard the prince said angrily, "The dog official is in power!"

I quickly grabbed his hand to comfort him.

"Damn it, there are still such dog officials at the foot of the capital! It's really embarrassing to my father!"

……

After asking the people around me, I found out that the team from the Temple God Association bumped into the driver of a certain high-ranking official. There were so many people in the narrow street, and they couldn't dodge for a while. I arrived at the statue of Guan Sheng the Great next to me.The statue was made hollow for the convenience of lifting, and could not withstand beatings. As a result, Guandi's upper body was shattered all of a sudden, which aroused public resentment.

"What a bastard!" the crown prince complained, cursing.Not wanting to be heard by the attendants who were arguing with others, he rushed over immediately, "You," he pointed at the prince and said, "What did you scold our lord just now?"

"Presumptuous!" the crown prince yelled, and knocked off the stick that was pointing at him with his hand, "open your dog's eyes and see who I am!"

"Yo——" the little attendant disdainfully said, "Isn't he just a young master from a shabby family, you should open your dog's eyes to see who is riding in this sedan chair!"

"Who is it? The sky is big and the earth is big, not bigger than my house!" The prince snorted twice. "Call the people in the sedan chair down!"

"Tsk, boy, do you think you are the prince—" the little attendant snorted twice, "Who is the person in the sedan chair, the county prince of Yongping Mansion, the current emperor's nephew! It's not that you are so poor You can see it!"

"You—you dare to call Bengong poor?" Obviously, this word that was never used by the prince made him unbearable.

"So what if I scold you, I haven't hit you yet! You don't know Taishan, get out of the way!"

"You, you—you dare to be so rude to me—" the prince was furious, "Do you know who I am? When the crown prince, even the emperor saw me, he didn't dare to scold me twice! You— -how dare you-"

"These days, there are many punks pretending to be in the palace, what are you!"

"You, you are so bold, so bold!" The prince was so angry that the top of his head was smoking.

The sedan chair was parked firmly in the middle, with several attendants guarding it.I really admire the people sitting inside, how patiently they can wait for the quarrel to end.There is really so much time, you can slow down just now, and don't worry about rushing around.

I stepped forward, one meter away, bowed to the sedan chair, and said in a loud voice, "Jun An, my servant Li Fei pays my respects."

The curtain of the sedan chair moved, and a voice sounded, "Get off the sedan chair."

The figure got down from the sedan chair, and went to Linjia for four years. An Zhiyue, courtesy name Wenkang, was a son of a family. His father had served as a guardian during the Renhe Rebellion.

Seeing my county king getting off the sedan chair, the little guard just now fell silent, and the prince came to me angrily.

"Your Majesty Li is fine." An Zhiyue got off the sedan chair, with a haughty look on her face, "I have heard for a long time that Master Li was transferred to Fen County. How could I have the honor to meet you in the capital today? But you are going to move back to the capital?"

"It all depends on the Lord Long En." I apologized with a smile, "Your army has violated the folk customs here, and I hope the king will restrain his opponents a little bit."

The prince looked at the two of us curiously, his eyes fell on King An, and then on me.

"Oh?" An Zhiyue looked around, and sneered, "Foolish people and stupid things hurt the elegance of the capital, but Master Li has such an attitude towards this matter? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will accuse you of another crime and send you to the frontier?"

The prince's face changed suddenly.

I apologized and said with a smile, "The folk customs in the country are honest, unique, and have nothing to do with state affairs. You, the county prince, are too worried about the country."

An Zhiyue smiled and said, "Li Fei, in the past three years in Fenzhou, you have learned all kinds of skills. I also know that you are the same as before, and even this king doesn't pay attention to you! Sure enough, the Holy One has extraordinary vision, and I feel sorry for you. Talent, I know people like you, with a little practice, you will know how to measure." He tsk-tsk in his mouth, "But the Holy One is really brave and courageous, and I don't worry about calling treasonous ministers like you back to the capital. you--"

"Your Majesty is worrying too much..." I laughed, "Your Majesty—" I didn't finish my sentence, "Bold!" The prince clenched his hands and shouted angrily.

I lowered my head and saw my hand was tightly held by the prince.

"Oh?" An Zhiyue's eyes were always higher than the top, and she didn't seem to see the person standing beside me just now, but now she was shouted angrily, and she couldn't help raising her eyes to look carefully.

My hand moved slightly, trying to break free, but was still tightly held by those pampered hands.

An Zhiyue looked at me with ambiguous eyes, "When did Master Li raise a child again, but he learned the same way as Master Li did back then, so ignorant of etiquette, how could Master Li treat him so neglectfully?" He tut tsk , "How can this be done, Mr. Li loves the fragrance and cherishes the jade, and you don't have to be so virtuous, how about letting this king discipline you?"

"Kneel down for me—" the prince said word by word in a dark voice.

An Zhiyue raised her eyebrows slightly.Obviously, he has never met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Kneel down to me—" The Prince's face was full of anger.

An Zhiyue raised her eyebrows, turned around and said to me with a smile, "Master Li always plays with your little boy like this? It's really..." He shook his head with a look of unbearable expression on his face.

"You little king, you don't kneel down when you see me! Do you hear that?" The prince was furious, "Who are you——"

My jaw was almost dislocated, and I gently tugged on the prince's sleeve, "Your highness, you only have a subordinate here, do you want me to go up and kick him to make him kneel down?"

"Hahaha—hahaha——" An Zhiyue laughed, "Master Li, the person you raised is really..." Before he finished speaking, he knelt down heavily on the ground with a "thump—"

"You—" He turned his head angrily, it was Guard Guo.He did recognize this man.

"The escort of the lower officials came late, which surprised His Royal Highness." Guo Xiu walked in front of us.This person was handsome in appearance, with deep eyebrows and profound facial features.

He raised his eyes to look at the prince, but saw that his face was alternately blue and red, and his expression was strange.

"His Royal Highness, let's go back to the palace." I sighed, "As you saw just now, this is not a place for you to stay alone. Without the escort of Guo's guards, the officials are weak and weak, and they really can't protect you." What's more He also likes to stand out so much.

……

The prince was speechless for a moment, then rushed forward and kicked An Zhiyue who was kneeling on the ground, "I told you to bump into people! I told you to be unreasonable to me! I told you to have eyes but not Taishan!"

Poor An Junwang has bad luck today and suffered such a disaster.

I turned my head away, unable to bear to look.

"And you! Come here—" the prince pointed at the little attendant who scolded him just now, "kneel with him too!"

The little attendant knelt down aggrievedly.

"I tell you to scold me! I tell you to say that I'm shabby! You've got to look at it now! Hehe!" The prince was furious and yelled at him. The ragged coat on his body was a little wide, and his sleeves were waving, quite angrily. cute.

"Lord Li, I will take the crown prince back to the palace first. I will not send you off." Guard Guo clasped his fists.

I smiled and said, "No, no." Seeing him escorting the reluctant prince away.Turning around, I happened to see the little attendant pulling his prince up from the ground crookedly, An Zhiyue was kicked twice on the forehead, he stood tremblingly, gritted his teeth, and shook his hands Tremblingly, he took out a folding fan from his sleeve and opened it, and put it in front of him. There were eight large characters on the fan, "Gentlemen of modesty, be cautious in your words and deeds", his face was still blue with anger.

"Li Fei...you..." An Zhiyue bit her lower lip, her voice trembling, "you..."

"Your Majesty An, I will take my leave first." I said with a smile.

"Stop!" An Zhiyue said, picked up the fan and shook it vigorously twice, trying to calm down, "Li Fei, don't think that you can make a fortune once you climb up to the crown prince! At best, you are just like your old lover. Lying on the bed—"

"Wow--" a sound.

Everyone was in an uproar.

Afterwards, there was silence, only someone could hear a "grunt—" and swallowed the mouthful of saliva stuck in his throat vigorously into his stomach.

"Excuse me, where is Quehua Street?" I turned my head with a smile, and smiled at a young man nearby. He said in a daze, "Go fifty steps to the left, then turn left, that's it."

"Thank you." I cupped my hands, touched my sleeves, there were still a few taels of silver, and took out to them, "I'm sorry, I broke your things. This small amount of money should be regarded as an apology. I hope you don't care about it." .”

The young man took the money in a daze.

I walk away.

"Li...Li...Fei...you..." Behind him, An Zhiyue got up staggeringly, her face was pale and there was a large piece of clay and porcelain on her head, half of the already broken Guan Gong The clay sculpture of the Great Emperor was completely smashed to pieces, and the plaster fell to the ground.

A gentleman is ashamed to be friends with mosquitoes and flies, a man of integrity can be a companion of pines and cypresses, and all things in the world can be laughed at. What is the difference between the past and the present, what is the difference between the past and the present? laughing out loud.